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CHRISTOPHER L. FRINK, OF ROGKVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO E. II. ROBINSON, E. I. SMITH, .AND ROBERT L. FRAIR, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent Na. 71,599, dated .December 3, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DBVIGIIS FOB. SMOOTEING CLOTH.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHRISLOiHER L. FRINK, of Rockville, in the county of Tolland, and State of Connecticut, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Smoothing and Equalizing Cloth Previous to Gigging; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my said machine, and

Figure 2 is a plan of the same.

Like letters donote the same parts.

After cloth has been i'ulled, there are creasesl in it and wrinkles, besides which the shrinkage and tension in the fulling often produce great inequalities in the width. It has been usual heretofore to subject the cloth to the action of the gigmachine after the fulling; and in order to stretch the cloth widthwise and remove the creases and mill wrinkles, it has been usual to apply temples'upon the wrong side of the cloth as it goes through the gig. An attendantis required to raise these temples as they pass the teasels, or else the cloth will be injured by the scraping and scratching of the teasels against the cloth where pressed upon by the temples. Neglect of the attendant often causes pieces of cloth to be injured in this manner.

The object of my invention is to entirely remove the mill creases and folds, equalize the width of the cloth, and produce a perfectly smooth and dat piece of cloth', that can be run through the gig without the use of temples. To Aeect this objectI meisten or heat the cloth andwind it upon a roller with sufficient pressure to effect the removal of the said creases, and the cloth, when allowed to: dry, or nearly so,lupon said roller, becomes of'l a very smooth character, adapted to the nishing operations. l

In the drawing, a representsthe frame ofmy machine, supporting the main cylinder b, that is rotated by gearing, e, Aand a pulley, 'd,.for a belt, or in any other convenient manner. e is a stationary hollow cylinder heated by steam introduced by a pipe,j`, and g is a pipe to convey away the water of condensation. t is a trough in which is a steam-pipe, z', which is perforated'to meisten the cloth as it is passed over said trough h, in cases where the cloth may be too dry for the subsequent operations. Z is a bar over which the cloth passes, and said bar also forms the hingc' for the swinging frame that carries the winding-roller; mm being the side bars l of said frame, land n the front bar. oo are thebearings -for the cloth-rollerj), said bearings having holes at their endsfor the rods oir bars ln. These bearing-bars o o for vthe rollerp can be slidden on land n, nearer together or further apart, andclamped in place-by sctfscrews, and they become the gauge for the width ofthe cloth, and are adaptedto receive longer or shorter rollers. To the bar 'n weights are hung to produce the necessary pressure of the cloth-roller p on the main cylinder b.

It will now be understood thatthe end of a piece of cloth is to be passed into the machine below Ithe cylinder e, over the-bart, and evenly wound upon the cloth-roller p. The main cylinder is then revolved by power and the cloth gradually drawnin and wound upon the rollerp. The attendant smooths the cloth as it passes over the trough h, and also upon thevbar Z, at the same time stretching it to the proper width and position so that the cloth is wound smooth and uniform upon the roller p.

This operation is performed with rapidity, and the cloth being in a moist and warm state when wound up, entirely loses all creases, folds, and inequalities. Several pieces may be wound upon one roller, if desired, as the frame and rollerp rise as the roll of cloth increases.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The movable bearing-bars o for the roller p, applied substantially asspccified, in combination withthe main cylinder Z and heated cylinder e, as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto'set my signature, this eighteenth day of April, 1867.

` ,0. L. FRINK.

Witnesses Guo. Tsncerr, BENJAMIN Hmsr. 

